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Q. 155 Speedlite flash settings missing
Asked by Randy Libner
(K=4084) on 2/12/2005
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I have been asked to take some photos at a 7/8 grade Valentines dance tomorrow... and I am not a flash person.... nor a 'people' person when it comes to photography. I do water, fog, long exposures, star trails etc.
My Digilite F flash meter has died..... it will not turn on. It was my savior!
My only flash right now is a Canon Speedlite 155. The flash has a missing piece...... the part that tells the F#'s and distances for the green and red settings.
I will be shooting at either 10 feet or 14 feet. These will be young couples standing in front of a large paper heart.... indoors.... at night.... using 400 speed Kodak print film. I think the room will be well lit, with incandecent, not florescent lights.
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Does anyone know these flash to subject distances and choice of aperatures for this Canon 155 Speedlite? (set for 400 speed film)
My plans are for vertical shots with the flash on a cord, so I will be on automatic, but not dedicated flash.
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I would back out of this job in a nano-second....... but I was informed of this request to be the 'photographer' just yesterday..... no time to do any film tests. They have no other person to do this job, so it's me or nothing...... anyone bust tomorrow evening??? Ha! :)
Any info appreciated.
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Randy Libner
(K=4084) - Comment Date 2/12/2005
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"They have no other person to do this job, so it's me or nothing...... anyone bust tomorrow evening??? Ha! :)"
I jokingly meant... anyone BUSY tomorrow evening??? Hey, I got big fingers! :)
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Lea Mulqueen
(K=7396) - Comment Date 2/13/2005
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Randy, you have plenty of time to run a flash test roll. Put some 400 film in the the camera and shoot a chair or sometime at various settings. Then take the film to a WalMart, if theres 1 near you, if not, any photo store and have the film processed only...it take about 10 mimutes and is quite inexpensive ($1.78 a Walmart). Then check the negs to see if they are properly exposed.
If you can't do that, it might be a good idea to either buy or borrow a properly functioning flash, or let someone else do the shoot.
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Randy Libner
(K=4084) - Comment Date 2/13/2005
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Only had two hours after work tonight to get ready for the dance photos. My former girlfriend had my camera and flash. She was supposed to go to the school and do some test shots in a sequence I had layed out so we would have a good reference point....... she didn't get around to it......... Some people think that if the flash goes off, it automaticly means the photo comes out good. Hard to get it through to some people that a flash is more technical than they think and why a flash doesn't simply "flash".
Well, I will find out if they turned out OK..... they probably did............ but I just hate guessing.
I set the 155 speedlight at F11 on the green setting, at a distance of 11 feet using Kodak Max 400.
(Kodak says F5.6 at ISO 100)
Wish me well. The photos were not the big deal I thought they would be...... we're not talking senior yearbook photos here... looked like a snapshot with a disposable would have made them happy.
I don't think these goofy kids would know if a photo was good or bad anyway, as long as you could recognize their face.... I have forgotten about what it's like to be around a hundred 7th graders at a dance........ I'm 47.
Thanks for the advice........ time was just to short for me. If the photos turn out good, I will now have the reference I wanted. Ha! :)
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Randy Libner
(K=4084) - Comment Date 2/13/2005
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Just got word that there wasn't a bad shot in the bunch. All turned out crisp and clear. Why do I stress myself so?
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